1biosize(9F)              Kernel Functions for Drivers              biosize(9F)
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NAME

6       biosize - returns size of a buffer structure
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SYNOPSIS

9       #include <sys/ddi.h>
10       #include <sys/sunddi.h>
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12       size_t biosize(void)
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INTERFACE LEVEL

16       Solaris DDI specific (Solaris DDI).
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DESCRIPTION

19       The  biosize() function returns the size in bytes of the buf(9S) struc‐
20       ture. The  biosize() function is used by drivers  in  combination  with
21       kmem_alloc(9F)  and  bioinit(9F) to allocate buffer structures embedded
22       in other data structures.
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CONTEXT

25       The biosize() function can be called from any context.
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SEE ALSO

28       biofini(9F), bioinit(9F), getrbuf(9F), kmem_alloc(9F), buf(9S)
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31       Writing Device Drivers
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35SunOS 5.11                        20 Nov 1996                      biosize(9F)